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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


'''O<small>MNER</small>''' might be composed of [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''ʿam'' from ''ʿmm'' “people, kinsman”, and [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''nēr'' “light”, as in Abner “Father-is-Light.” O<small>MNER</small> could then mean, approximately “The (Divine) Kinsman is Light.” ([[Jo Ann Carlton Hackett|JH]]) The initial vowel ''o'' in O<small>MNER</small> and the ''a'' in [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''ʿam'' is not an issue, especially given the English pronunciation of O<small>MNER</small> in the 1869 [[Deseret Alphabet]] edition, ɒmnɛr ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] = ͻmnɛr, or ''amner'' in [[Society of Biblical Literature|SBL]] transliteration), where with the initial vowel is pronounced as the ''a'' in ''w<b>a</b>tch''.
Given the English pronunciation of the Book of Mormon PN '''O<small>MNER</small>''' as “ahm-ner”, (where with the initial vowel is pronounced as the ''/a/'' in watch; as ''ɒmnɛr'' in the 1869 Deseret Alphabet; amner in SBL transliteration; IPA = ''ͻmnɛr''), Omner might be composed of Hebrew ''ʿam'' from ''‘mm'' “people, kinsman”, and Hebrew ''nēr'' “light”, as in Abner “Father-is-Light.” Omner could then mean, approximately, “The (Divine) Kinsman is Light” ([[Jo Ann Carlton Hackett|JH]]).


See [[TEOMNER|T<small>EOMNER</small>]], [[TEANCUM|T<small>EANCUM</small>]], [[PAANCHI|P<small>AANCHI</small>]], [[PACHUS|P<small>ACHUS</small>]], [[PAHORAN|P<small>AHORAN</small>]], [[AMNOR|A<small>MNOR</small>]], [[COMNOR|C<small>OMNOR</small>]], [[OMNI|O<small>MNI</small>]].
See [[TEOMNER|T<small>EOMNER</small>]], [[TEANCUM|T<small>EANCUM</small>]], [[PAANCHI|P<small>AANCHI</small>]], [[PACHUS|P<small>ACHUS</small>]], [[PAHORAN|P<small>AHORAN</small>]], [[AMNOR|A<small>MNOR</small>]], [[COMNOR|C<small>OMNOR</small>]], [[OMNI|O<small>MNI</small>]].

Revision as of 14:51, 6 April 2017

Lehite PN 1. Son of MOSIAH ca. 100 BC (Mosiah 27:34; Alma 22:35; 23:1; 25:17; 27:19; 31:6, 32)
Lehite GN 2. NEPHITE city (Alma 51:26)

Etymology

Given the English pronunciation of the Book of Mormon PN OMNER as “ahm-ner”, (where with the initial vowel is pronounced as the /a/ in watch; as ɒmnɛr in the 1869 Deseret Alphabet; amner in SBL transliteration; IPA = ͻmnɛr), Omner might be composed of Hebrew ʿam from ‘mm “people, kinsman”, and Hebrew nēr “light”, as in Abner “Father-is-Light.” Omner could then mean, approximately, “The (Divine) Kinsman is Light” (JH).

See TEOMNER, TEANCUM, PAANCHI, PACHUS, PAHORAN, AMNOR, COMNOR, OMNI.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐉𐐣𐐤𐐇𐐡 (ɒmnɛr)

Notes


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